dollars to the canadian economy. with current pipelines at full capacity, there is a puddle neck -- bottleneck. along with the keystone xl extension, pipelines are planned for canada's east and west coasts. a northern project is a twin pipeline system that would help deliver oil to emerging asian markets while transcanada corporation plans to build the energy east pipeline, which would allow for shipping across the atlantic. to speed up the process, the government has put more power in the hands of ministers. according to environmentalists, this means entities which look at the impact of the plans can now be legally ignored. groups like greenpeace want canada to abandon the fossil fuels entirely. >> we want to move off oil as quickly as possible. we think rather than investing in expansion of the tar sands or in shale oil in the u.s., we should be investing in greener alternatives to fight climate change, all forms of pollution, and just long-term human saturday. >> others say canada cannot survive without developing